Knitting-machine



UNITED STATES @TENT OFFICE.

CHAUNCEY G. KEENY, OF MANCHESTER, CONNlGllCUT.

KNITTING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 22.735, dated January 25, 1859'.

To all whom 'it may concern:

lle it known that l. IIAUNCEY G. KENNY. ot Naneheater. County ol" Hartford. and State of Conneetient. have invented a eertain new and nsefnl Improvement as an A\ttaehnient to Knitting-Machines: and l do hereby cleelare that the Haine in deaerilied and represented in the following' npeeitieation and drawings; and to enable other@v `nkilled in the art to make and nse the saine l will proceed to deaerihe the construction and operation. referring;r to the drawings. in n'hieh the saine lettera` indicate like parts` in each of the figures.

The nature of this4 ilnproven'ent coneiats; in securing' one or more cards on the peripheryv of the knitting machine, so that` theyY nia;Y he withdrawn and replaeed at pleaanre. jnalv lielonY the needlee. onlnide of and hearingl a'zainst the atoeliinet.y So that the anrfaee of the stoelinet will be preY eented to the eard ani-face Several times as it works oll' 'lroni the maehine.

VIn the aeeolnlnniying drawings Figure. l. a partial tec-.tional rien' ot' what is ealled the French knitting machine. and Showing' one of the various ways of securing it thereto. Fig. 2, is a side View of the attachlnent as now in une on my machinery. Fig'. $3, is an end View of the saine.

A. iS part of a machine.

B. is a Supporting arm of my attachment secured to the Stationary flange H, by a holt l Un the opposite end of the arni in aeeai'ell a enne l). into whieh i inserted the card E. whieh may he n'itlnlran'n and replaeed at pleasure.

E. ia a hloeh having' mrd-clothing seein-ed on one aide thereof. and having a handle on fine end ln' n'hieh to remore and replaee it in the eaee l). l?. is a stop iiwerled in the haelt .aille thereof n'hieh strikes agailt the edge oli the :l:-e E). lo hnlll it in ita4 right` plane.

(l. repreeentw4 the .atoeliinet an it is working' oll' from the inarhine.

Non' ilY n'ill he readily eeen that h v the use ot' thin' al'taei'lnnent to linilling' nlaehinea` the grunde` will he (flamed ot ,Spel-ha and nllevenneea. at the mine tinle the knittinglr is going' on. and al\o niore perlieetlyv than it r-an he lone after it in taken troin the nia ehine. The advantage derived ln' this4 iniinlni'einent over other inode# nl' [leaning and drenainn' Saleh goods ia the saving' of linie and lahm' and giving theni a superior liniali.

That l ('lailn therefore and de ire in seenre ln' Lettera latent is! The employment ot' a eai'd attar'lnnent. to knitting' machines substantially in the. inanner and for the purpose` as deaerihed.

(lI'IUNCEY (l. KEENY. llritneseea:

Darn S. (laLnoiN,

F. L. BUIJLL. 

